Dr. Marda Mustapha received his bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. He served for two years as a Research/Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Fourah Bay College, teaching History of Ideas and Symbolic Logic. He later proceeded to Ohio University where he received two Masters Degrees in Philosophy and International Affairs. He received his doctoral degree in Political Science from Northern Arizona University. His area of study included International Relations/Comparative Politics and Public Policy.

Dr Mustapha has taught a variety of courses in the United States as a student during his doctoral study at Northern Arizona University, as a Visiting Lecturer at the State University of New York College at Geneseo, as an Exchange Professor at the University College at Cork, Ireland, and presently at The College of Saint Rose. He presently teaches courses in the Comparative Politics field.

While his academic interests focus on broader issues in International Political Economy, his research interests include Comparative Politics, International Affairs, HIV/AIDS policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Politics and Development, democracy, conflicts and human rights. In 2007, Dr Mustapha was awarded the Center for Race and Ethnicity Studies (CREST) resident fellowship which culminated in the writing and presentation of a paper entitled “Governmentality and AIDS Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bringing Cultural Institutions Back in.” Dr Mustapha has published book chapters and articles in refereed journals. He has also presented his research at a number of conferences such as the African Studies Association, International Studies Association and the Association of Third World Studies. His most recent publication is a book co-edited with Joseph Bangura on Post-war Sierra Leone entitled Sierra Leone Beyond the Lome Peace Accord (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2010)